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Nowadays many people choose ready made food and refuse to cook at home. Why do you think it happens? What are the advantage and disadvantage of such a choice?

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At present where a
lot
 of foods are readily made available, many people would rather opt for instant foods than preparing it themselves for certain reasons. Along with either choice are
also
 a number advantages and disadvantages. To start, many individuals would prefer ready made foods than cooking at home because of the lack of
time
 to prepare it themselves. Purchasing
prepacked
Suggestion
Prepacked
 goods undeniably saves a
lot
 of
time
, from preparing the ingredients itself.
For instance
, my cousin, who is a working student, buys herself canned goods that only requires to be prepared in just a couple of minutes. It does not require her to waste a
lot
 of
time
 to slice it, cook it, perhaps.
Hence
,
prepacked
Suggestion
Prepacked
 foods are preferred by someone who is very conscious
to
Suggestion
of
time
. Aside from the ready-made foods being
time
-efficient, money is wasted. When buying foods from shops and restaurants, the prices seemed to be a bit higher. One does not just pay for the ingredients
used but
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used, but
also
 the
time
 and effort put by the one who cooked. To illustrate, when I buy for a serving of pasta in a
fastfood
Suggestion
fast food
, it would cost me more than twice the amount I could have just
spend
Suggestion
spent
 when I buy scratch ingredients and cook it my own. Since the readily made available foods are much more pricey compared to the price you have paid when you make yourself,
thus
 a few dollars would be wasted as well. To put it in a nutshell, buying
prepacked
Suggestion
Prepacked
 meals do have an advantage and a disadvantage. While it does save a
lot
 of
time
 by quitting the process of preparing,
money
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money, however
however
, is put to waste as ready made foods are much more pricey. One has to weigh the benefits and drawbacks before deciding whether to just eat a home-cooked meal or not.
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